named-checkzone [-d] [-q] [-v] [-c class] [-t directory] [-w directory] {zonename} {filename}
named-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity of a zone file. It performs the same checks as named does when loading a zone. This makes named-checkzone useful for checking zone files before configuring them into a name server.
Enable debugging.
Quiet mode - exit code only.
Print the version of the named-checkzone program and exit.
Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.
chroot to directory so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted named.
chdir to directory so that relative filenames in master file $INCLUDE directives work. This is similar to the directory clause in named.conf.
The domain name of the zone being checked.
The name of the zone file.